Why do some people insist on being just digital visitors? ... It's me! Hi. I'm the problem it's me!
www.pxfuel.com What is a Digital visitor? Well, it may very well be accurately described by using me and my attitude towards digital connectivity and relation to technology as an example. First, in my life and the way that I live with and relate myself to technology, I have never developed a natural aptitude for using technology. For me technology is first and foremost a tool that I use in my profession as a researcher and teacher. My "backyard" is legal databases, governmental authorities' home pages, and occassionally also selected Twitter, Linkedin and ResearchGate accounts of researchers who I know and have added to my list of contacts myself. In my visitor mode I hardly ever leave a footprint behind by making comments or engaging with the account owner ( White & Le Cornu, 2011 ) The question that I have been asking myself for some time (though before entering the course Open Networked Learning without being aware of the developed scientific distinction between v